Ongoing federal investigations of the embattled Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board — one by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inspector general and another by the FBI — are now focusing on insider deals that appear to be prima facie evidence of official corruption. In what universe are secret no-bid contacts (the MWAA awarded a combined $220 million of these) given to companies that employ your former colleagues, friends and relatives considered acceptable conduct for public officials? Certainly not in this universe.